story: The Italian National Institute of Statistics (Italian: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic and environmental surveys and analyses. Istat is by far the largest producer of statistical information in Italy, and is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat. 
  
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  Istat was created in 1926 as "Central Institute of Statistics" (Istituto Centrale di Statistica), to collect and organize essential data about the nation. It took its current denomination with the reform of 1989. This also gave Istat statutory responsibility for the coordination and standardization of official statistics collected or published under the aegis of the national statistical system SISTAN, whose membership includes the statistical offices of ministries, national agencies, regions, provinces, communes, chambers of commerce, and similar bodies. Since 4 August 2009, Enrico Giovannini, former Chief statistician of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has been the President of the institute. "Istituto Centrale di Statistica": "Istituto Nazionale di Statistica": 
  
  Istat has 18 regional offices which host public access points named "Centri di informazione statistica", Statistical information centers. The center in Rome also offers data from Eurostat.
questions: What does Istat stand for in English?
questions: What does Istat stand for in Italian?
questions: What country does it operate for?
questions: Is it a member of the European Statistical System?
questions: Who coordinates the European Statistical System?
questions: When was the first version of Istat created?
questions: What was it called then?
questions: When did it have a name change?
questions: Who is the person who is in charge of it now?
questions: What is his official title?
questions: When did he begin this role?
questions: How many regional offices does it have?
questions: Does this agency deal with the population  census?
questions: Does this agency deal with the economic census?
answers: Italian National Institute of Statistics
answers: Italian National Institute of Statistics
answers: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
answers: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
answers: Italy
answers: Italy
answers: Yes
answers: nd is an active member of the European Statistical System, coordinated by Eurostat. 
answers: Eurostat
answers:  coordinated by Eurostat
answers: 1926
answers: 1926
answers: "Central Institute of Statistics"
answers: Istat was created in 1926 as "Central Institute of Statistics"
answers: 1989
answers:  It took its current denomination with the reform of 1989. T
answers: Enrico Giovannini
answers: Enrico Giovannini
answers: the President of the institute
answers: the President of the institute
answers: 4 August 2009
answers: 4 August 2009
answers: 18
answers: 18
answers: Yes
answers:  the census of population,
answers: Yes
answers: economic censuses